Posts tagged "Contracts"

On behalf of Virtual General Counsel LLC posted in Contracts on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.

Severance packages are usually associated with massive corporations, but small business owners may also benefit from offering severance agreements. Sometimes, employers and employees agree on severance packages after employment begins or when a termination occurs. Other times, severance provisions are addressed in employee contracts signed at the beginning of the working relationship.

On behalf of Virtual General Counsel LLC posted in Contracts on Monday, May 11, 2020.

Owning and operating a small business in the Denver region typically means having at least a few employees. In bygone days, managing a workforce was much simpler. You accepted applications, interviewed your candidates and hired the person you thought best for the job. After that, you either kept the employee because he or she did a good job, or you let the worker go and looked for a replacement.

On behalf of Virtual General Counsel LLC posted in Contracts on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

Owning and operating a small business in the Denver, Colorado, region usually means that you will need to create one or more business contracts. The days in which parties made agreements by way of a simple handshake have faded away. Now, business owners need much more protection than they might have needed in those bygone days.

On behalf of Virtual General Counsel LLC posted in Contracts on Tuesday, February 4, 2020.

Most members of Denver's small business community know that airtight contracts contribute to the success and growth of a business. As such, these business owners take careful steps to ensure that their contracts are precise and detailed. Unfortunately, entities on the other side of a contract may still choose to violate the terms of such a document.

On behalf of Virtual General Counsel LLC posted in Contracts on Friday, January 10, 2020.

A good contract can place a Colorado business in a strong position for the future. Whether it is for securing a useful vendor, leasing a new location for operations or hiring a critical employee, a well-drafted contract can provide a business with security and confidence in their actions. Not long ago this blog discussed the basic elements of a contract, but depending upon what type of contract a business needs to execute, the terms of the agreement may vary from those of others.

On behalf of Virtual General Counsel LLC posted in Contracts on Monday, December 30, 2019.

Contracts are an essential component of many business relationships. When a small Colorado business chooses to hire a new employee or work with a new vendor it will likely create and execute a contract to govern the terms of their relationship. Contracts, also called agreements, are based on an offer and an acceptance of the offered terms.

On behalf of Virtual General Counsel LLC posted in Contracts on Monday, November 18, 2019.

Social media has upended the traditional ways businesses advertise and generate word-of-mouth among their customers and potential customers. Many small businesses in the Denver area have built their entire media strategies around social media. However, these strategies can be destroyed overnight when the social media companies change the ways they present a business' posts.

On behalf of Virtual General Counsel LLC posted in Contracts on Friday, September 27, 2019.

Drafting a contract that accomplishes all your business goals while addressing all possible complications is not easy. The language in a contract should be clear and the parties should make sure they agree on every point.

On behalf of Virtual General Counsel LLC posted in Contracts on Thursday, August 15, 2019.

It's always a good idea to get a business agreement down on paper, but sometimes, for one reason or another, it doesn't happen. Most businesspeople in Colorado are familiar with the so-called handshake deal, and other types of contracts that are not necessarily in writing. Many of these agreements meet the basic requirements of a contract (offer, acceptance, consideration, competency, intent) and so will be legally enforceable. However, a law known as the Statute of Frauds requires that certain types of contracts must be in writing, or else they are not legally enforceable.

On behalf of Virtual General Counsel LLC posted in Contracts on Friday, June 21, 2019.

Since the beginning of e-commerce as a force in the marketplace, business leaders and lawmakers have argued over how to handle the issue of sales taxes. If a website for a Denver company sells a widget to a customer in another part of Colorado, should the customer pay the sales tax rate for Denver, or for the customer's location?

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